Kelly Mazeski (IL-6)

About Kelly

Professional experience: Kelly worked as a product development chemist before becoming a financial advisor for a major investment firm.[ref]

Path to Congress

Incumbent: Peter Roskam (R)

Primary: March 20, 2018

As of December 22, 2017, Kelly is one of seven Democratic candidates in the primary and the second STEM candidate (the other being Sean Casten).[Ballotpedia]

General: November 6, 2018

This US House seat has been held by Peter Roskam (R) since 2006. District elections since 2000 have often been close between the Democratic and Republican candidates, but have all gone Republican. Hillary Clinton won this district in 2016 (50-43%), Romney in 2012 (53-45%), and Obama in 2008 (51-48%).[Ballotpedia][Wikipedia]